[Sowar-devel] Fwd: SourceForge.net Update: October 21, 2002

[Tiberius D. <tib...@me...>]

  4. NNTP Beta Test
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Today we are launching an early beta release of a new feature on
SourceForge.net.  This feature makes it possible to view and post data
to forums using a simple newsreader (exactly like using USENET
newsgroups).  Here's the information to login and try it out.

The hostname of the NNTP server is 'nntp.sourceforge.net' and the port
NNTP is listening on is 563. (nntps, SSL-protected NNTP)

We allow only SSL connections.

You need to use your SourceForge user name and password to login.

The currently supported clients are Mozilla and Outlook, however we've
followed the NNTP RFC; any client that does NNTP over SSL /should/
work.  Please let us know if you have problems with a specific client.
(Please see below)

Posting works, with one caveat: to limit SPAM we limit the amount of
posts to 10 in a 5 minute period, after which we deny posting for some
time for that user account.

NOTE: This is real data. Posts will show up in your forums! 

Please keep this in mind.

Here is an example of the NNTP naming we've chosen, it is much like the
project web tree. "sf.a.al.alexandria.open_discussion" will get you the
"Open Discussion" forum for project "alexandria".

Mailing lists are currently _not_ available but will be available in the
near future.

If you would like to report bugs, ideas, or anything else please subscribe
to the beta mailing list at:

https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mcgoo-nttpbeta

Please keep in mind that the server is beta and will more than likely
crash.  Please don't send 1000 emails to list saying the server is
offline; we'll fix it as soon as we get a chance.  Please send any bug
reports, odd behavior, or problems to this list.  Thank you.
Issue reports regarding this new beta feature should not be submitted
as Support Requests; please direct all inquiries to the list.